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Learning about Local Control is crucial if you are to make the most of a combined synthesizer/MIDI controller, like the K-Station, KS-Range or the X-Station. The term is used to define whether the hardware is in control of its onboard synth; if Local Control is on (default setting) then playing the...

The local control has been turned off and the KS is not being used in a
complete MIDI-loop. Check the third page in the global menu. This must
read Local Control ON for the KS to respond to its own keyboard and
controls unless there is a complete MIDI loop. See page 35 in the
K-Station manual for...

In order to control the Launchkey app using your Launch Control you must connect the Launch Control to your iPad using the official, Apple USB camera connection kit.
First of all, connect the USB cable to your Launch Control. Next, connect the camera connection kit to the USB cable. Finally,...

Launch Control XL now features HUI integration, which means you can use it to control the mixer in Cubase, Logic or Pro Tools*.
*Due to the Pro Tools HUI implementation, the center detent of the LaunchControl XL pan pots will not directly correspond to the center position of Pro Tool’s pan pots.

To control Ableton Live devices using the Launch Control XL, press the 'Device' button on the Launch Control XL.
To control an alternative device, hold the 'Device button' and press the 'Track Select/Device select' left or right button to navigate different devices.

There is a new control of Logic 9 and Automap which officially replaces the older HUI / Remote SL way of controlling Logic.
Please ensure HUI is disabled in Automap > Settings > Use Automap HUI before you follow the DAW Setup Guide from the Main Menu of Automap.
Make sure you have Automap 3...

When you start Sonar, it sends out MIDI messages to switch off local control on your synths. This is what is causing your X Station to 'lock up', if you go into the synth global menu on your X Station (Press the 'Global' button twice when you are in synth mode) you can see that the Synth Local...

Some MIDI controllers, such as the Novation Launchpad, feature 'red box' control in Ableton Live. This means that there's a box shown in Ableton's session view illustrating which tracks and clips are currently being controlled by the MIDI controller.
The Launch Control XL does not feature this 'red...

Please note: since Reason can now be controlled using Automap, you should only read this article if using the old control method via the Reason Automap template (template 37). For information on how to set up and control Reason through Automap, see the DAW setup guide for Reason from the main menu...

The local control has been turned off and the KS is not being used in a
complete MIDI-loop. Check the third page in the global menu. This must
read Local Control ON for the KS to respond to its own keyboard and
controls unless there is a complete MIDI loop. See page 35 in the
K-Station manual for...

If you have a Nocturn, your only option is to use the Logic HUI as explained in the DAW Setup Guides (from Help > Go to Startup View). It can be selected via the Mixer browser menu.
If you have a Remote SL, Zero SL or SL Compact, then you have two options:
1. Use Logic HUI using template 38,...

Although the X Station itself is not a supported control surface in ProTools, it can control ProTools by emulating one of the supported control surfaces as explained in this article courtesy of Dave Vandewall;
Novation X-Station as a MIDI Control Surface in Pro Tools LE 7.4

Novation’s Launchkey Range has been given an exciting upgrade that will help you produce electronic music quickly and easily as well as performing with confidence, jumping around your session. You just plug in via USB and the keys, faders, knobs and velocity-sensitive RGB pads immediately give you...

Here is an example of assigning a control:
If you wanted to control the cutoff frequency on the Novation V Station software synthesiser using a particular pot on the X Station so that the pot only swept the values between 20 and 80 then first it would be necessary to create a V station track in a...